タンポポ (1985)
"The first Japanese Noodle Western."

Title: Tampopo
Original Title: タンポポ
Release Date: 1985-11-23
Status: Released
Rating: 7.854/10 (from 373 votes)
Language: JA
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: New Century Producers, Itami Productions
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.
Cast

Tsutomu Yamazaki
Goro

Nobuko Miyamoto
Tampopo

Ken Watanabe
Gun

Koji Yakusho
White Suit Man

Rikiya Yasuoka
Pisken

Kinzō Sakura
Shohei

Hyōe Enoki
Pisken's Henchman

Gō Awazu
Pisken's Henchman

Mario Abe
Restaurant Owner

Izumi Hara
Old Woman Pressing Camembert Cheese